From the end of October 1861 forward, there was no civil rule in Pike County. The military occupations of Pikeville, first by Colonel John S. Williams’ Confederates, followed by General William “Bull” Nelson’s Union army, compounded by the January 1862 murder of Judge William Cecil, made every man a law

A Special Thanks To John G. Damron The majority of Cordell L. Damron’s life was not without adventure and achievement. Most of what is preserved about Cordell’s life is only a small part of what made him widely known around the Shelby Creek and Pikeville area. What Pike Countians know

By Robert Baker After extensive research, the Reverend M. T. Burris is still something of a mystery.  What little that can be learned about him comes directly from his own writings reproduced here and from a few scattered public records.  However, it is clear that he was an early school-teacher